Chocolate Chip Cookies and Bob

My daughter, age 10, made her first solo batch of chocolate chip cookies today with her friend. (This photo is indeed her cookies.) All we did was set the oven and remove the hot cookie sheets for her. Oh, yeah. And help clean up the mess. I forgot to tell her the rule my mother gave me when she first set me loose in the kitchen – “You can make anything you want, as long as you clean up after yourself.”

In addition to the usual cookies, she made a cookie she likes to call Bob. Like a chip-off-the-old blogger-Mom block, she went and took a picture of it before she baked it. (Excuse me a second, while I wipe away a little tear.)

If you want to make your own Bob, it is very simple. Just arrange the cookie dough on the cookie sheet like this, making sure that you spell his name out on top of his head:

And when it is baked, Bob will look like this:
Chocolate Chip Cookies and Bob
Recipe from the back of the Toll House Bag. We leave out the nuts.

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 cups (12-ounce package) Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels

1. Preheat oven to 375° F.
2. Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl.
3. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts.
4. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets. Make Bob.
5. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. (Be careful with Bob – he is fragile!)

Category: Food